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NCT Number: NCT00381056

The Labor and Delivery Teamwork Intervention Trial

A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted at 7 intervention and 8 control hospitals to evaluate the effect of teamwork training on the occurrence of adverse outcomes and processes of care in labor and delivery.

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Key information

Conditions

Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

Age range

0 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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About this study

A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted at 7 intervention and 8 control hospitals to evaluate the effect of teamwork training on the occurrence of adverse outcomes and processes of care in labor and delivery. The intervention, called the Labor & Delivery Team Coordination Course, was a standardized teamwork training curriculum based on crew resource management that emphasized communication and team structure. The primary outcome was the proportion of deliveries at greater than or equal to 20 weeks gestation in which one or more adverse maternal and/or neonatal outcomes occurred (Adverse Outcome Index, AOI). Additional outcomes included 11 clinical process measures.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • delivery at a participating hospital between 12/31/02-03/31/04
  • pregnancy of 20-43 weeks gestation

Exclusion criteria

  • delivery at less than 20 weeks or greater than 43 weeks

Treatment and study plan

Labor and Delivery Team Coordination Course

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary outcome was the proportion of deliveries at greater than or equal to 20 weeks gestation in which one or more adverse maternal and/or neonatal outcomes occurred (Adverse Outcome Index).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Additional outcomes were eleven process measures that recorded length of care or delay to action.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
  • Dynamics Research Corporation
  • Harvard Risk Management Foundation
  • TRICARE Management Activity

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2000
Study completion
2004
First posted
Sep 27, 2006
Registry last updated
Sep 27, 2006

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